California Assembly Joint Resolution 33 (AJR 33) calls on our federal government and our nation to make nuclear disarmament the centerpiece of our national security policy by embracing the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

Update: AJR 33 PASSED ON AUGUST 28! Thank you for your work in supporting this step toward nuclear disarmament! Click here to read the press release with more information from the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation.

This resolution is short and easy to read (click here for full text), and it gives us a rare opportunity to act. It is also easily summarized. It calls on our federal leaders to:

Embrace the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

Make nuclear disarmament the centerpiece of our national security policy

Renounce first use

Take our nuclear weapons off of hair-trigger alert

Cancel the plan to replace the entire arsenal with enhanced weapons

Actively pursue a verifiable agreement among nuclear-armed states to eliminate their nuclear arsenals